I was not discussing about force or a people's revolution. I posed a question about the discussions really being about transfer of power from one discredited group to another.
Ukraine is not a relevant example! In Ukraine, it is really about 2 groups fighting the polls. Which is not what we see here. --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Right. But how is it "reforms" when the discussions > >are with one group of discredited power brokers > (the > >liberators) about how they could share or take > power > >from another group (the local political class)? > > > > > > > *** The question of force comes into the picture > when the > institutions of democracy fail to perform. In this > instance Indian > democracy could not, peacefully, help usher in the > required reforms > and changes. > > > But we can look at Ukraine right now. There the > party in power realized that > if they did not give into reform demands and > attempted either to > stonewall or stifle the demands of the people by > brute force ( as > India did to Assam twenty five years ago), then > violence-- civil > war--was sure to break-out, with even outside powers > pitching in, > such as western European powers or even the USA and > thus turning > into a confrontation with Russia as well. That could > have caused a > huge conflict that no one was looking for. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 9:58 AM -0800 12/9/04, Rajib Das wrote: > > > Without reforms, what we get is what we have. > And > >> surely it will only > >> get worse, as we have seen over the last quarter > >> century, and just > >> like it was predicted > >> by thoughtful observers. > >> > >> That is why. > >> > > > >Right. But how is it "reforms" when the discussions > >are with one group of discredited power brokers > (the > >liberators) about how they could share or take > power > >from another group (the local political class)? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn > more. > >http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
